Garter



M. FELDMANN July 14, 1931.

GARTER Filed Got. 18,.

Patented .uly I4,

UNITED STATES MORITZ FELDMANN, F BARMEN, GERMANY GARTER Application filed October 18, 1927, Serial No. 226,892, and in Austria April 30, 1927.

My invention relates to stocking or sock suspenders of the type comprising a garter or band surrounding the leg below the knee and a pad to which a depending strap with a claspfor holding the stocking or sock may be secured. It is an object of my invention' to provide an improved appliance of this type.

1o To this end, instead of the usual connection of the pad and the band by sewing or loops and buttons similar to those of the clasp, or other fastening means, which form as many projections on the pad, I provide as a pad, a block of material having a clasp pivotally mounted in a central raised portion of said block, a structurally integral button shaped protrusion at the lower end of said block, adapted to cooperate with 2o said clasp, and a transverse slot extending through and across the upper end of said block of material for reception of the leg band.

This connection involves the advantages that separate means for securing the band to the pad and the necessity of sewing the Y band to the pad, are eliminated, andthe exchanging of the band is much'facilitated. In the accompanying drawings a device so according to my invention is illustrated diagrammatically by way of example.

In the drawings Fig, 1 is an elevation of the pad with the band inserted therein, only a portion of the band being shown,

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 1-1 in Fig. 1,

Figs. 3, 4 and 6 each illustrate a modified kind of band connecting means, and

Figs. 5 and 7 are sections on the corresponding lines in Figs. 4 and 6, respectively. Referring now to the drawings, 8 is the pad, and 14 is the band in all figures where these parts are shown. The pad is illustrated as of the usual substantially triangular coniguration, but may obviously be designed as desired. A strap with a button 9 and a loop 10 is formed at the base of' the pad for the usual clasp, the loop being inserted in a hole 11 of a projection or bearing 12 on the pad 8. The pad is integral with the means for connecting the band to the pad and the clasp so as to make up a self-contained unit. The pad 8 is made of a 55 blockof any suitable, preferably resilient or exible material, rubber, or the like, with or without a lining of cloth. 13 is a longi tudinal slot in the upper portion of the pad 8 through which the band 14 is passed. 6o

Referring new to Fig. 3, 17-17 are trans verse slots made in the pad instead'otl the longitudinal slot 13, and the band 14 is passed through the slots so as to partly lie on the front, and partly on the rear face, of c5 the pad 8.

Referring now to Figs; 4 and 5, instead of the slot 13 or slots 17 in the pad 8, a housing 15 is made on the pad and the band 14 is passed within the housing.

Referring now to Fig. 6, the housing is subdivided into three short parts or guides 16 through which the band 14 is passed in succession.

I wish it to beunderstood that I do not desire to be limited to any definite number of slots or housings for connecting the band to the pad, nor do I desire to be limited in any other respect to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim:-

A garter comprising a leg band and a stocking engagingmember slidably mounted S5 thereon; the said stocking engaging member comprising a block of material, a clasp pivotally mounted in a central raised portion of said block of material, a structurally integral button shaped protrusion at the lower end of said block of material, adapted to cooperate with .said clasp, and a trans- Verse slot extending through and across the upper end oit said block of material for reception of said leg band. In testimony whereoi` I atliX my signature.

MORITZ FELDMANN. 

